Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Alabama Daily Auction Summary, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 17, 2022

1,452 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $166.04/cwt -7.28 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 436 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.06/cwt -3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 512 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $137.41/cwt -1.17 vs last sale · ≈ $727/hd at 529 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,452	3,538	4,450
Feeder cattle	1,175	2,994	3,681
Slaughter cattle	162	369	443
Replacement cattle	115	175	326

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	327	3	183.00–188.00	$185.42	$606	+2.52
410–415	414	9	180.00–185.00	$181.10	$750	+6.35
470–496	486	13	166.00–173.00	$167.77	$815	-0.17
500–545	528	3	162.00–164.00	$163.00	$861	-2.78
555–595	566	10	140.00–160.00	$154.83	$876	-1.96
615–640	634	4	154.00–155.00	$154.24	$978	+2.42
655–690	688	19	147.00–149.00	$147.10	$1,012	—
765	765	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,125	+17.00
855	855	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	190.00	$190.00	$741	+0.92
510–525	518	20	169.00–174.00	$172.29	$892	+3.66
555–560	558	2	165.00–166.00	$165.50	$923	+8.75
605	605	1	159.00	$159.00	$962	+4.95
709	709	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,028	+2.63

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	160.00–170.00	$164.88	$524	-7.65
470	470	2	150.00	$150.00	$705	-13.12
580	580	1	144.00	$144.00	$835	-6.00
680	680	1	132.00	$132.00	$898	—
705	705	1	126.00	$126.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,148	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	160.00	$160.00	$496	-2.17
375	375	1	150.00	$150.00	$562	-7.99
405–430	417	16	148.00–157.00	$150.04	$626	-2.86
455–490	470	19	145.00–154.00	$148.30	$697	-4.23
503–545	512	27	141.00–153.00	$145.06	$743	-1.43
555–575	565	17	138.00–148.00	$142.33	$804	+0.88
615 value added	615	2	148.00	$148.00	$910	+7.12
605–640	625	12	127.00–139.00	$134.49	$841	-4.85
670	670	17	131.00	$131.00	$878	+4.31
715–733	730	10	119.00–126.00	$123.70	$903	-6.09
755–785	765	3	121.00–123.00	$122.32	$936	-8.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	17	143.00–158.00	$148.98	$493	-1.24
355–395	373	19	140.00–150.00	$145.64	$543	-3.16
405–445	424	20	137.00–145.00	$141.21	$599	-8.57
455–485	464	19	137.00–145.00	$141.67	$657	+0.53
500–545	529	25	130.00–141.00	$137.41	$727	-1.17
570–575	573	3	129.00–141.00	$135.99	$779	+4.16
600–645	629	4	122.00–132.00	$127.84	$804	-4.03
670–690	678	12	117.00–127.00	$121.86	$826	+1.85
705–710	707	3	115.00–120.00	$116.67	$825	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	140.00	$140.00	$399	—
325	325	3	140.00	$140.00	$455	-0.99
355–380	368	10	140.00–144.00	$142.07	$523	-0.19
410–415	411	11	135.00–140.00	$138.72	$570	+0.90
465–490	481	7	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$638	-3.17
505–540	521	6	120.00–130.00	$125.78	$655	-3.15

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	328	4	180.00–190.00	$182.33	$598	+3.06
350–390	374	15	168.00–184.00	$179.32	$671	-0.54
400–445	436	28	142.00–179.00	$166.04	$724	-7.28
450–495	475	22	150.00–176.00	$163.03	$774	+0.33
500–545	533	12	146.00–161.00	$154.82	$825	+0.61
560–580	570	2	133.00–135.00	$134.02	$764	-9.32
605–625	614	4	127.00–130.00	$128.50	$789	-6.12
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	-8.19

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	2	200.00–212.00	$205.94	$552	+12.94
315–345	328	5	191.00–200.00	$195.64	$642	+5.06
360–385	374	6	186.00–194.00	$190.38	$712	+0.52
400–440	414	12	175.00–185.00	$180.81	$749	-2.36
450–495	472	12	158.00–188.00	$175.23	$827	+2.31
505–535	522	15	154.00–176.00	$165.09	$862	+3.79
550–585	563	8	141.00–162.00	$153.48	$864	-1.80
650–660	655	2	125.00–129.00	$127.02	$832	-7.76
730	730	1	124.00	$124.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	308	3	174.00–177.00	$175.02	$539	+4.13
355–390	379	5	164.00–170.00	$167.70	$636	+2.52
405–445	421	8	137.00–167.00	$157.81	$664	-4.06
460–495	479	4	138.00–158.00	$149.32	$715	-6.58
518	518	6	134.00	$134.00	$694	-11.50
585–590	586	6	125.00–135.00	$126.68	$742	-7.55
605	605	1	124.00	$124.00	$750	-5.25
685	685	1	122.00	$122.00	$836	+4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1445	1196	80-85%	20	70.00–89.00	$79.53	$951	+5.87
1120–1320	1220	80-85%	2	57.00–60.00	$58.38	$712	—
965–1565	1278	80-85%	34	67.00–78.00	$73.29	$937	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1180	1010	85-90%	28	53.00–65.00	$57.53	$581	+0.41
925–1085	1020	85-90%	4	51.00–55.00	$53.85	$549	-3.27
1005–1180	1116	85-90%	11	65.00–70.00	$68.36	$763	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1465	1380	75-80%	3	77.00–83.00	$80.37	$1,109	+15.51
1210–1680	1433	75-80%	3	75.00–82.00	$78.61	$1,126	+9.08

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1580	1543	2	76.00–82.00	$79.07	$1,220	-1.41
1285–1975	1572	9	92.00–109.00	$102.94	$1,618	—
1100–1865	1606	14	86.00–98.00	$95.34	$1,531	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	785.00–880.00	$816.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	800.00–1,210.00	$1,017.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–780.00	$732.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	670.00–740.00	$716.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–820.00	$806.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	950.00–1,025.00	$968.75	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–1,325.00	$1,120.83	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,158.33	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	775.00–900.00	$858.33	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.